Holder for memorandum pads



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N. M NICOL HOLDER FOR MEMORANDUM PADS Filed June 6.v 1923 11v VE/VTOR Mcoz. MAc/V/coL BY W A 7' TORNEYS Patented Apr. 15, 1924. H

NITED STATES FTEN'E' QFFEE.

NIGOL MAGNICOIJ, F KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

HOLDER FOB MEMORANDUM PADS.

Application filed June, 6, 1923. Serial No. 643,760.

To all whom it may concern: which is provided with an undercut wedge Be it known that I, NIooL MAoNIooL, a shaped groove 7 lengthwise thereof. 8 insubject of the King of Great Britain, and dicates a wedge removably held in the a resident of the city of Kamloops, in the groove 7 and surmounted by a pair of Province of British Columbia, Canada, have staples 9, one leg of each of which is invented certain new and useful Improvethreaded as at 10 and provided with nut ments in Holders for Memorandum Pads, llby which the staples are secured to the of which the following is a specification. wedge.

My invention relates to improvements in The numeral 12 indicates a loose leaf 1 holders for memorandum pads the objects pad having perforations 13 along its upper of which are to provide a holder for loose edge through which the pad is bound to leaf calendars or pads for desk use, in which the panel by the staples 9. 14: indicates a both sides of such leaves may be convenientgrooved strip secured to one side of the ly used for notes, whereby great economy base panel 1 to form a pencil holder for 15 of papers is effected and a more comprehe device. hensive record thereof maybe kept, a fur- Having thus d s ri d th several parts ther object of the invention is to so disof my invention I will now briefly depose the used leaves of the pad that they scribe its use. are not in the way of the writers hand The loose leaf pad is first set in posi- %0 as is common with pads bound or fastened ion on slope 5 Of the base panel with along oneof their sides. the binding staples 9 inserted through the My invention consists essentially of a, apertures 12. AS the front Of each leaf panel having opposing slopes and means of the pad is used it is lifted over the bow thereon for holding a loose leaf pad by its of the staples and allowed to come to rest 25 upper margin that each page as it is used upon slope 4: with its reverse (unused) side may be, turned over to lie upon the opnow uppermost, the pad is then turned posing slope of the panel, as will be mo e around when the reverse side of the leaf fully described in the following specficais in position to be used for writing furtion, in which ther notes. 30 Fig. 1 is a plan view of my invention. When it is desired to change from one Fig. 2 is a side view. pad to another, the wedge 8 is withdrawn.

Fig. 3 is a view taken from one end. from the panel and the staples detached Fig. 4 is a section showing the staple therefrom, when one pad may be removed carrying wedge. and another put in its place and the device 35 In the drawings like characters of refre-assembled. erence indicate corresponding parts in each From the foregoing it will be seen that figure. I have invented simple holders for memo- The numeral 1 indicates generally the randum pads which permits the use of both base panel of my holder which is prefsides of each leaf thereof, and in which erably arched on the underside as at 2, no obstruction or inconvenience is offered to reduce its weight, and which is provided to the hand of the writer by the accumulated at opposite ends with narrow strips of rubstack of leaves on the opposite side of the her or other suitable material 3 upon which binding staples or from the binding staples the panel 1 rests. themselves.

45 The numerals 4E and 5 indicate opposing What I claim as my invention is: on slopes extending inwards and upwards from A holder for memorandum pads comthe ends of the panel, upon which the calenprising a base having a concave under surdar or pad is adapted to rest, 6 is a horiface and a convex upper surface whereby zontal portion of the panel connecting the the intermediate portion of the base is as upper ends of the slopes 4 and 5 together, elevated with respect to the end portions, loo

Dated at Kamloops, British Columbia, this 1st day of May 1923.

NICOL MAGNICOL.

Witnesses (1 H. DUNBAR, EDITH M. BANNERMAN. 

